"Even my family laughed at me because they……" — Kurt Masur
"Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front of 100 musicians and talk to them and leading them."
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25 Quotes by Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur has 25 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- I wouldn't say I've changed my mind. I changed some of my natural habits, some of my natural character.
- What I never overcame is a kind of shyness.
- I can go in front of an orchestra. I can go in front of an audience. But if you see…
- I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.
- Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are…
- You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.
- I was different from most young conductors today.
- If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven or…
- As I came to New York, it was for me a new beginning. To discover what people are living here.…
- Even I had no opportunity to conduct very many concerts after World War II.
- And I always tried to be not a star. To be someone who people like to talk to.
- You know as I started as a shy young conductor, I always wanted to cooperate. To build up the musicians.…